Clothes-rack



(Model.)

W. KLINSCHMBDT.

CLOTHES RAGK. No. 270,442. Patented Ja, ,1883.

'ATTO UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM KLINSCHMEDT, OF IIADDONFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,442, dated January, 9, 1 83.

Application led September 16, i882.

Clfo all w/Lom it may concern:

Be it known that I,W1LLIAM KLINsoHMED'r, of Haddontield, in the-county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improveinentin Clothes-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings,formingapartof this speciticatiomin to which similar letters ol' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure l is a sectional side elevation ot' my improvement arranged for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same folded, parts being broken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same arranged as a table, parts being broken away.

The object ot this invention is to provide clothesracks, constructed in such a manner go as to at't'ord a large amount of clothes-receiving surface, which can be folded compactlyfor storage and transportation, and which when not required for use as clothes-racks can be readily arranged for use as tables.

The invention consists in a clothesrack constructed with a pedestal provided with a tubnlar nut to receive along screw, which passes through a hollow center post, having at each end a radially-slotted block provided with a series of hinged bars. The upper bars are clamped in place, when raised into a horizontal position, by a clam pin g-plate forced down upon the said bars by a pivoting-screw. The clamping-plate is raised when the pivoting-screw is loosened byaspring placed upon the said screw between the said clamping-plate and the upper slotted block. The bars of the upper and lower series are connected by a series of wires passing through guide-holesin the upper slotted block, so that the bars of either series will be raised by lowering the bars of the other series. 'Ihe connecting-wires are held in place and kept from becoming entangled when slackened by a perforated ring placed uponthe'center post, and throughwhich the said wires are passed, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the pedestal, which is provided with three or more spreading legs, A', to give it a stable support, and which may be provided with caster-wheels B, for convenience in moving the raclrfrom place t0 place.

(Model.)

The body of the pedestal A is perforated vertically, and in the perforation is secured a tubular nut, U, to receive the long pivotingscrew D, which passes longitudinally through the center-post E.

'.Io the lower end of the center post, E, is attached a circular block, F, which is rabbeted in the upper part ot' its edge, and has a series of radial slots formed in its edge and extending in beneath the thicker middle part of the said block to form supports for the ends of the bars G.

The bars G are hinged in the slots of the block F by a wire, H, which passes through the said bars G near their ends, and is placed in a groove in the edge ot' said block, F, so that the bar cannot be swung down lower than a horizontal position, and can be raised into a vertical position, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

To the upper end of the centerpost, E, is attached a circular block, I, which is slotted radially to receive the inner ends of the bars J, the said slots being arranged over the spaces between the slots in the lower block, F. The bars J are hinged to the block I by a wire, K, which passes through them near their inner ends and through a groove in the edge ofthe said block I. rlhe inner ends ofthe bars J are rabbeted upon their lower sides to form toes to overlap the upper side of the center block, I,

and to which are attached the upper ends of the wires orcords L. The wiresLpass through guide-holes in the block I, and theirlower ends are attached to the bars G at a little-distance from the hinging-wire H. The wires L also pass through guide-holes in a ring, M,of wood, metal, or other suitable material, placed upon the center post, E, and which keeps the said wires L in proper relative positions and prevents them from becoming entangled when slackened.

' With this construction the downward move ment of the bars G in opening the rack will raise the bars J, and the downward movement ot' the bars J in folding the rack will raise the bars G.

The bars J are held in a horizontal position lar, O, attached to or a shoulder formed uponA IOO the said screw D, so that the said plateNwill lll be forced down upon the ends ot" the bars J by turning down the screw D, as shown in Fig. 1. When the screw D is turned up the plate N is raised to release the bars J by a spiral spring, I, placed upon the said screw D, between the said plate N and the blockI, as shown in Fig.3.

Then the clothes-rack is not required t'or use the long screw I) is screwed out and the center post, E, and its lattachments are removed and replaced by a tabletop, ofcircnlar or other desired forni, and which is secured to the pedestal A by a short screw, R, passing through the center of the table-top Q and screwinginto the nut C of the pedestal A, thus forming a convenient table.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1 In a clothes rack, the combination of a pedestal provided with a tubular nut, a long` screw, a hollow center post having a radiallyslotted block at each end, and a series ot' bars hinged to said blocks, substantially as set forth.

2. In a clothesl'ack, the combination, with the hollow center post,E, havingradially-slot ted blocks F I at its ends, and pivoted to a pedestal, A, by a screw, I), an'd nut C, ofthe series of hinged bars G J and the clampingplate N, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a clothes-rack, the combination ot' the screw D, plate N, adapted to permit the unthreaded portion of the screw to pass through it, spring P, arranged upon the screw D, apertnred ring M, placed upon the center post, E, and the hinged bars G and J, connected together by the wires L, passed through the aperturcd ring M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with the hinged bars J G and the radially-slotted block I, ot' the connecting-wires L, substantially as herein shpwn and described, whereby the downward movenientofthe bars ofone series will raise the bars of the other series, as set forth.

5. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with the hollow post E, radial arms Gr and J, and thecoiniecting-wires L, otthe perforated guardring` M, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said wiies are held in place and kept from becoming entangled hen slackened, as set forth.

l I LLIAM KLINSC H M E D'l.

Witnesses:

ALEXANDER (loopen, -tIcIIARD M. COOPER. 

